Poe Limestone Deposit

Producer in Butte county in California, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10028487
MRDS ID M005474
Record type Site
Current site name Poe Limestone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.45577, 39.75931 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Butte(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pulga(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chico(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Feather(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Plumas National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Butte

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 22N 05E 18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Marble, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.45577, 39.75931

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • WAS OPENED IN 1929 AND PRODUCED SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS -- HAS REMAINED IDLE SINCE 1930

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. OF MINES REPORT 26, P. 407; J. VOL. 43 #3 (1947) P 215

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.